[enjoytheride]

http://www.canterusa.org/index.php?o...ngs&Itemid=342

Worth taking a risk on the ankle soreness?

[JWB]

He's already sold

[enjoytheride]

That's ok, I can't buy another horse right now.

Would you have taken a chance on the ankle soreness then?

[Toadie's mom]

That's ok, I can't buy another horse right now.

Would you have taken a chance on the ankle soreness then?

Apparently someone would, and did.

[purplnurpl]

wow, he's lovely.

suspensory I bet.
Sounds like he's hotter than a bat outta hell though.

[galloping-gourmet]

Has a bit of a 'wild' eye!!!

[JWB]

Between the recurrent lameness and the description stating he was an advanced ride and would need more let down time (he's already had 4 months) I would pass. He's nice looking but I'd be afraid that all he would amount to was eye candy. Hot and lame is a hard combination to move.

[Winding Down]

No kidding... hot and small is also very difficult to move. I cannot imagine trying to move hot and lame... or lame <period>

I am betting branch suspensory... but he sold so maybe it is something that can be healed permanently with more time.

Between the recurrent lameness and the description stating he was an advanced ride and would need more let down time (he's already had 4 months) I would pass. He's nice looking but I'd be afraid that all he would amount to was eye candy. Hot and lame is a hard combination to move.

[ThirdCharm]

I hesitate to speculate on what kind of pleasure/dressage home a small, hot, lame horse probably sold to.

Jennifer

[Beam Me Up]

Since the photo was taken at the track, I read "hanging out" as living at the track and not training, which doesn't really count as decompressing. Track food and no turnout/exercise isn't a recipe for quiet.

[Winding Down]

BMU, good point. Who knows what he will be like in a new environment. I hope he found a nice home.

Since the photo was taken at the track, I read "hanging out" as living at the track and not training, which doesn't really count as decompressing. Track food and no turnout/exercise isn't a recipe for quiet.

[bornfreenowexpensive]

You never know. One of my easiest OTTBs....the one I put my 65+ year old beginner mom on to go on a trail ride (when he was still relatively green too).....was a HOT and strong stakes winning race horse. He was a huge handful in race training...but after being turned out for several months, on different food....he was one of the most easy going boys.

[deltawave]

He sure is handsome--hope he got a great home.

[Xctrygirl]

Why do we keep calling him "small?"

Really he's 1" away from the magic 16 hands. A height not deemed small.

I too hope he landed in a spot that appreciates what he is capable of and doesn't judge him for what he can't do.

Emily

[zipperfoot]

Why do we keep calling him "small?"

Really he's 1" away from the magic 16 hands. A height not deemed small.

I too hope he landed in a spot that appreciates what he is capable of and doesn't judge him for what he can't do.

Emily

That depends on who you talk to--I once read a post by a hunter/jumper person referring to a 16 hand mare as "petite." Especially funny to me, since I can remember when 16 hands was considered large. Probably just my perspective but my 15.3-1/2 OTTB mare is not petite. Neither is my other TB mare, who's only 14.3-1/2--she's short but sturdy and definitely not petite!